Book 16: Father and Son
The two people who help Odysseus get to Ithaca unnoticed
King Alcinous & Athena
Who Odysseus first comes across when he gets back to the castle
His dog, Argos
A word or phrase used as a nickname for a person, often highlighting a specific quality or trait
The two particularly arrogant suitors
Antinous & Eurymachus
How Athena makes Odysseus appear more heroic
She makes him taller, more massive, and gives him a fresh tunic and cloak.
The relationship Telemachus and the swineherd have
Uncle & Nephew (familial)
What the answer to the question above represents
The dying memory that the people on Ithaca have of Odysseus
The epithet for Odysseus, seen at the beginning of the poem and in Book 21
"That man skilled in all ways of contending"
The reasons Odysseus gives for wanting to kill the suitors
Assaulted the maids, bid for his wife, plundered his castle, contempt for the gods, contempt for their own legacy
Distant, remote, standoffish
Aloof
What Telemachus was doing while Odysseus was away
Traveling, searching for his father
The definition meaning of a word versus the emotional meaning of a word
Denotation vs connotation
Attributing human qualities to inanimate objects
Personification
What Eurymachus offers Odysseus in exchange for their lives
Restitution, making good for loss or damage done to the castle
Lonely grief; misery
Desolation
What Eumaeus was doing while Odysseus and Telemachus were away
Watching over the castle, spying, protecting Penelope
When the audience knows something that the characters do not
Dramatic irony
A sign of things to come
An omen
Impossible to soothe, unforgiving
Implacable
How Odysseus proves it's truly him
Describes the creation of their marriage bed
The term used to describe the feeling of an expansive world in literature
An epic setting
The dramatic irony in this chapter
Odysseus being the beggar at the castle
The omen seen in Book 21
Lightning and thunder throughout the hall
Why it's important that Telemachus helps Odysseus kill the suitors
It symbolizes the familial loyalty and Telemachus's role as man of the household while Odysseus was away
The reasons Penelope might not believe it's truly Odysseus
Athena disguised him; she's never seen him so brutal; she is traumatized.